OFO Rock POint Field Trip August 9: The trip began at Rock Point at 0800 hours. An adult Bald Eagle flew overhead just after we reached the beach. Excellent shorebirding. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the vicinity. There are some extensive algae flats in the area around the point which are attracting the shorebirds. Over 200 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers and a Stilt Sandpiper. From Rock Point we went to the Mosaic Esterhazy Lagoons. Only a few shorebirds but there were 10 Great Egrets and we did add Greater Yellowlegs to the list. Finally we visited the sod farms on Poth Road where we had 10 Black-bellied Plovers. 56 species total. Shorebirds were Black-bellied Plover 10 Semipalmated Plover 12 Killdeer 50 Spotted Sandpiper 10 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Ruddy Turnstone 5 Sanderling 20 Semipalmated Sandpiper 200+ Least Sandpiper 10 White-rumped Sandpiper 2 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 8 16 participants. The weather was excellent, mostly sunny, until shortly after we left the sod farms. By 1230 hours the rain was intense, but by then we were having lunch. Special thanks to Brandon Holden and Kevin McLaughlin for their keen eyes and help in identifying shorebirds and to George Madsen for getting us into the Mosaic Esterhazy property. John Black President Ontario Field Ornithologists black@brocku.ca